Table 2.
Predictors of overweight (body mass index of ≥23 kg/m2) in 2008, among men and women
| Men | Women | |||||
| Number of events (n = 1107) | Unadjusted | Adjusted | Number of events (n = 1932) | Unadjusted | Adjusted | |
| OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | |||
| Age (in years) | ||||||
| 18–24 | 92 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 163 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 25–35 | 324 | 2.29 (1.81 to 2.91)* | 1.79 (1.33 to 2.42)* | 673 | 2.31 (1.93 to 2.77)* | 2.51 (2.07 to 3.04)* |
| 36–49 | 434 | 2.73 (2.16 to 3.44)* | 1.98 (1.43 to 2.73)* | 728 | 2.96 (2.48 to 3.54)* | 3.32 (2.73 to 4.04)* |
| 50+ | 257 | 2.29 (1.79 to 2.93)* | 1.36 (0.97 to 1.90) | 368 | 2.30 (1.90 to 2.79)* | 2.57 (2.05 to 3.22)* |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Never married | 126 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 38 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Married | 969 | 1.75 (1.45 to 2.12)* | 2.09 (1.58 to 2.79)* | 1682 | 1.02 (0.72 to 1.44) | 1.14 (0.78 to 1.68) |
| Widow/widower/ divorced/separated |
12 | 0.60 (0.33 to 1.10) | 0.84 (0.44 to 1.63) | 212 | 0.84 (0.58 to 1.22) | 1.03 (0.68 to 1.57) |
| Highest grade of education attained | ||||||
| Illiterate | 116 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 633 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Grade 1–5 | 136 | 1.89 (1.47 to 2.44)* | 1.58 (1.21 to 2.06)* | 374 | 1.49 (1.30 to 1.71)* | 1.01 (0.87 to 1.18) |
| Grade 6–10 | 441 | 3.80 (3.08 to 4.69)* | 2.17 (1.70 to 2.78)* | 744 | 2.70 (2.40 to 3.03)* | 1.38 (1.18 to 1.62)* |
| Grade 11+ | 414 | 8.72 (7.03 to 10.82)* | 3.27 (2.47 to 4.33)* | 181 | 5.44 (4.45 to 6.65)* | 1.98 (1.53 to 2.57)* |
| Employment | ||||||
| Unemployed | 178 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1752 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Primary | 351 | 0.62 (0.52 to 0.75)* | 0.75 (0.60 to 0.93)* | 69 | 0.26 (0.20 to 0.33)* | 0.66 (0.51 to 0.87)* |
| Secondary | 341 | 2.10 (1.73 to 2.54)* | 1.21 (0.97 to 1.52) | 40 | 1.20 (0.85 to 1.70) | 0.95 (0.64 to 1.39) |
| Tertiary | 237 | 5.43 (4.36 to 6.77)* | 2.06 (1.60 to 2.65)* | 71 | 2.55 (1.91 to 3.39)* | 1.13 (0.82 to 1.55) |
| Social group | ||||||
| Scheduled caste | 217 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 374 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Scheduled tribe | 45 | 0.82 (0.59 to 1.14) | 0.95 (0.66 to 1.36) | 78 | 0.79 (0.61 to 1.01) | 0.95 (0.72 to 1.25) |
| Other backward classes | 90 | 1.97 (1.52 to 2.54)* | 0.72 (0.54 to 0.96)* | 138 | 1.97 (1.59 to 2.43)* | 0.81 (0.64 to 1.03) |
| Other | 755 | 2.63 (2.24 to 3.07)* | 1.06 (0.86 to 1.29) | 1342 | 2.78 (2.46 to 3.14)* | 1.07 (0.91 to 1.26) |
| Religion | ||||||
| Hindu | 802 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1243 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Muslim or other | 305 | 1.07 (0.93 to 1.24) | 1.37 (1.14 to 1.64)* | 689 | 1.50 (1.35 to 1.66) * | 1.78 (1.55 to 2.05)* |
| Wealth quintile | ||||||
| Poorest | 67 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 161 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Poorer | 76 | 1.44 (1.03 to 2.01)* | 1.32 (0.94 to 1.85) | 156 | 1.23 (0.98 to 1.55) | 1.13 (0.90 to 1.43) |
| Middle | 104 | 1.88 (1.37 to 2.57)* | 1.47 (1.06 to 2.02)* | 228 | 1.67 (1.35 to 2.06)* | 1.42 (1.14 to 1.75)* |
| Richer | 215 | 3.44 (2.59 to 4.55)* | 2.17 (1.61 to 2.93)* | 394 | 2.80 (2.31 to 3.39)* | 2.10 (1.71 to 2.57)* |
| Richest | 645 | 10.82 (8.35 to 14.01)* | 4.37 (3.22 to 5.92) | 993 | 8.50 (7.12 to 10.14)* | 5.82 (4.73 to 7.16)* |
| Block of residence | ||||||
| Mohammad Bazar | 244 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 534 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Rajnagar | 146 | 0.99 (0.80 to 1.23) | 0.95 (0.75 to 1.20) | 179 | 0.69 (0.58 to 0.83)* | 0.72 (0.59 to 0.87)* |
| Sainthia | 340 | 0.79 (0.67 to 0.94)* | 0.89 (0.74 to 1.07) | 598 | 0.89 (0.79 to 1.01) | 0.99 (0.86 to 1.13) |
| Suri I | 377 | 1.73 (1.46 to 2.05)* | 1.26 (1.04 to 1.52)* | 621 | 1.65 (1.45 to 1.87)* | 1.27 (1.10 to 1.46)* |
| Alcohol use | ||||||
| No | 1039 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1916 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Yes | 68 | 0.41 (0.32 to 0.53)* | 1.30 (0.96 to 1.77) | 16 | 0.34 (0.20 to 0.56)* | 1.05 (0.60 to 1.83) |
| Smokeless tobacco use | ||||||
| No | 868 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1657 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Yes | 239 | 0.78 (0.67 to 0.91)* | 1.07 (0.90 to 1.28) | 275 | 0.77 (0.67 to 0.88)* | 0.95 (0.82 to 1.11) |
| Smoking | ||||||
| No | 732 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1921 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Yes | 375 | 0.57 (0.50 to 0.65)* | 0.71 (0.61 to 0.82)* | 11 | 0.24 (0.13 to 0.44)* | 0.49 (0.26 to 0.92)* |
Level of significance: *p<0.05.